Combination backpack and tent

Abstract

A combination backpack and tent system utilizes the backpack frame as the support for one end of a tent. This frame has a pair of tent leg holding members attached to the upper end of the frame on each side. The tent is secured to the lower end of the backpack frame; so that it can be rolled up and stored on the frame, covered by a short flap constituting an extension of the floor. This flap is rolled over the tent and secured to the frame. When the tent is erected, the short flap is pulled to the opposite side of the backpack frame and the tent is unrolled. The tent extends up over a pack on the backpack at one end, and telescoping legs or flexible tent pole extensions are attached to the leg holding members on each side of the backpack. The tent is extended; and when it is erected, the pack portion of the backpack faces the interior of the tent. A pair of flaps extend from the sides of the tent over the opposite side of the backpack, and are secured together to form a substantially weather-tight system. The pack portion of the backpack is located inside the tent for access to the contents thereof from within the tent.

I claim: 
     
       1. A backpack and tent system comprising a rigid backpack frame having an upper end and lower end, with first and second spaced-apart side members for carrying a pack thereon, said system further including in combination: first and second tent leg holding members attached to said first and second side members, respectively, of said backpack frame near the upper end thereof;   an erectable tent member attached to the lower, end of said backpack frame for storage and carrying thereon when said tent member is in a non-erected position, said tent member having first and second end flaps for extension around said backpack frame and including means on said first and second end flaps for releaseably securing said end flaps, together to enclose said backpack frame and a pack when mounted thereon inside said tent member when said tent member is erected; and   tent leg members extending from said tent leg holding members to maintain said backpack frame in a generally upright position when said tent is erected.   
     
     
       2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said tent leg members comprise first and second tent leg members for extension, respectively, between said first and second spaced-apart side members on said backpack frame and terminating at a distance spaced from said backpack frame for supporting said tent member in an erected position, with said first and second tent leg members and said backpack frame substantially self-supporting said tent member when said tent member is erected. 
     
     
       3. The combination according to claim 2 wherein said first and second tent leg members comprise elongated flexible tent leg members. 
     
     
       4. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said first and second tent leg members each comprise a plurality of interconnected leg segments. 
     
     
       5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein a pack on said backpack frame is accessible from within said tent member when said tent member is erected. 
     
     
       6. The combination according to claim 5 further including an extension on said tent member secured to the lower end of said backpack frame and dimensioned to cover said tent member when said tent member is rolled up and carried on said backpack frame. 
     
     
       7. The combination according to claim 6 wherein said extension includes means for securing said extension and said rolled up tent member in a storage position on said backpack frame. 
     
     
       8. The combination according to claim 7 wherein said tent member further includes a flap extending over a pack on said backpack frame when said first and second end flaps are releaseably secured together when said tent member is erected. 
     
     
       9. The combination according to claim 1 further including an extension on said tent member secured to the lower end of said backpack frame and dimensioned to cover said tent member when said tent member is rolled up and carried on said backpack frame. 
     
     
       10. The combination according to claim 9 wherein said extension includes means for securing said extension and said rolled up tent member in a storage position on said backpack frame. 
     
     
       11. The combination according to claim 1 wherein a pack on said backpack frame is accessible from within said tent member when said tent member is erected. 
     
     
       12. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said tent backpack frame when said first and second end flaps are releaseably secured together when said tent member is erected. 
     
     
       13. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said tent leg members comprise first and second tent legs, and said tent leg holding members are pivotally attached to said first and second side members, with said first and second tent leg members attached at one end thereof to said tent leg holding members, respectively, for moving from a storage position adjacent said first and second side members of said backpack frame to a position spaced from said side members; so that said backpack frame and said first and second tent legs are self-supported in said generally upright position. 
     
     
       14. The combination according to claim 13 wherein said first and second tent leg members are telescoping legs. 
     
     
       15. The combination according to claim 13 wherein a pack on said backpack frame is accessible from within said tent member when said tent member is erected. 
     
     
       16. The combination according to claim 15 further including an extension on said tent member secured to the lower end of said backpack frame and dimensioned to cover said tent member when said tent member is rolled up and carried on said backpack frame. 
     
     
       17. The combination according to claim 16 wherein said extension includes means for securing said extension and said rolled up tent member in a storage position on said backpack frame. 
     
     
       18. The combination according to claim 17 wherein said tent member further includes a flap extending over a pack on said backpack frame when said first and second end flaps are releaseably secured together when said tent member is erected. 
     
     
       19. The combination according to claim 18 further including additional tent leg means for supporting the portion of said tent spaced from said backpack frame when said tent member is erected.